Sources & Definitions
Definitions
Diaspora
the movement and dispersion of a population from their homeland
Incumbent
politician running for a position they already hold
Wards
voting districts in a town or city
Xenophobia
an irrational fear of or prejudice against people from other countries. In the United States, this manifests as discrimination against immigrants, most often immigrants of color
Sources & Additional Resources
Web Sources
- Anderson, Ross. “Minnesota Racism.” Minneafrica, 2 March 2009.
- “Ethiopians in Minnesota.” Culture Care Connection, 2015.
- Fennelly, Katherine and Nicole Palasz. “English Language Proficiency of Immigrants and Refugees in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.” International Migration 41:5 (2003): 93-125.
- Gambino, Christine P., Edward N. Trevelyan, and John Thomas Fitzwater. “The Foreign-Born Population from Africa: 2008–2012.” American Community Survey Briefs, October 2014.
- Harris, Marlys. “With Rising Political Power, Somali Community May Get First City Council Representative.” Minnpost, 7 October 2013.
- Kimball, Joe. “Phyllis Kahn Cries Foul When Many Somali Absentee Voters Register with the Same Mail Center Address.” Minnpost.
- Nelima. “The Somali Community and the Twin Cities Mainstream Media: Towards a More Perfect Union?” Minneafrica, 13 February 2009.
- “Population Trends.” Minnesota Compass, 2015.
- Ronnan, Ken. “Being Somali in Minnesota.” Minnpost, 1 April 2010.
- Silas. “Rewriting the Star Tribune’s February 27th Editorial.” Minneafrica, 2 March 2009.
- “New Report Highlights Impacts of High Poverty Rates in Minnesota’s East African Communities.” SEIU Minnesota State Council, 8 April 2015.
- “Somalis in Minnesota.” Arrive Ministries, 2014.
- Williams, Brandt. “High Somali-American Turnout on First Day of Absentee In-Person Voting.” MPR News, 27 June 2014.
- “Somali Action Alliance.” Somali Action Alliance.
- Duarte, Lorena. “‘Done Wishing:’ Ilhan Omar on why she’s running for House District 60B.” MinnPost, 21 October 2015.
- Dunbar, Makula. “New Americans Political Action Committee brings Minneapolis school board candidates into East African Community.” Twin Cities Daily Planet, 9 September 2012.
- “Ethiopian Americans.” Countries and Their Cultures.
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